After seeing Good Night and Good Luck I can see how many people who were within the media actually view the establishment of the mass media. It seems that many reporters back in that time period were fearful of the government control and hysteria surrounding the Red Scare. It was also a time when the government was going after anyone they could who was involved in the media and label them a communist. The ability of the U.S.S.R to steal the secrets of the atomic bomb from the Americans was the beginning of the paranoia that anyone who was in the U.S could possibly be a spy for the Russians. The reporters felt that too much government control would lead to the end of our freedoms and would lead us to a similar situation that the people in Russia were in.
I feel that this movie has many valid points and is a good representation of the times. I also feel that it is a good way for people today to look at how the media controls the way we thing about things and how the government is able to establish a certain hold over us as well.
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